The department will be beginning NFPA 1006 Training For Technical Rescue. The course starts in November and finishes in March.
The Liberty Station Fire Museum Project moves forward with some repairs to the exterior, and a new heating system.
There will be a monetary collection for Allentown Fire Fighter Rick Ensley. He and his family suffered a total loss of home and possessions due to a fire that occurred on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. photo from Morning Call
Check for pictures from our 2008 Halloween Beer Bash in the "Around The Department" Activities area.
Check out our updated apparatus pages!
The fire was reported by a neighbor by who then reportedly assisted an elderly woman from her residence in one of the home in the small row abutting the Neversink Mountains. Several lines were advanced and Car 2 reported heavy smoke and fire on the first floor of the fire building. Fire also extended quickly to the 2nd and 3rd floor of the structure and began moving to the neighboring homes.
Four City of Reading Police Officers and one pedestrian are injured when several police cruisers crash in an intersection. The officers were responding to a domestic where a shooting occurred. The injuries to the victims were not reported to be life threatening.
